little spicy jiao

Chapter 68

On the banks of the quiet and ethereal Ranyue Lake, the silvery moonlight pours down from the sky, and the dew-stained grassland is dotted with starlight, softening the loneliness in the night.

On the grass by the lake, a child in a brand-new light green robe was crying with his little head up, his white and tender fingers tightly pinching the jade pendant around his waist, his little body twitching.

Crystal clear teardrops rolled down from the corners of the eyes continuously, once again soaking the half-dry and curly hair on the sideburns. The child opened his mouth wide and howled uncontrollably, but for some reason, the cry that should have been screaming was not like that of an ordinary child at all. It was so loud and clear, but it was thin and weak, as if it would pass away at any time.

The pitiful and childish cries spread far and wide by the silent lake, beating the hearts of the listeners one after another.

Bie Hejian is suffering at this moment.As the No.1 sword in the world of self-cultivation, many sword cultivators flock to it just to see the elegant demeanor of the famous sword.However, all these prides ended on the day Shentuzi appeared, and those who heard it were sad and those who listened to tears.

At this moment, the famous sword Biehe, whose body was pitch-black, was tremblingly standing in front of the sword master dressed in ink, honestly telling what Mo Jiaojiao had done and said all day, and even what he ate and drank. Once reported clearly.

After the confession, the solemn black-clothed sword fairy took out an exquisite porcelain bottle from the storage pouch and handed it to Bie Hejian.

Bie Hejian condensed the sword energy out of the body, took the bottle, and then held it up to his eyes for a while to look at it carefully, and asked Tun Chujian suspiciously, "Tun Chu, what is this?"

Tun Chujian quietly turned the sword body in one direction, and the hilt precisely hit a nearby point.

Bie He trembled in shock, and said respectfully, "Jian Zun wants me to show this to Jiao Jiao?"

"En." Dugu Jiu replied deeply, obviously not intending to say much, just listening intently to the soft and pitiful cries not far away from the lake, with complex expressions in his deep eyes.

Bie Hejian was holding the porcelain bottle in some hesitation, and said: "This bottle is not transparent, you can't see what's inside, I'm afraid children won't like it, and once it's released, it will take a lot of effort to catch it back. "

"No problem. There are restrictions in the bottle, and when the time comes, they will go back automatically." Dugu Jiu glanced at the porcelain bottle, seemed to think for a moment, then raised his hand again, pointing his slender fingertips on the bottle.

As a flash of snow-colored Yuanli flashed like a streamer, the porcelain bottle became transparent.

After finishing all this, the man stopped talking, turned his back to the lake, and stared at the full moon in the sky with his long and narrow eyes.

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Mo Jiaojiao cried sadly for a while, then grabbed the soft sleeve to wipe away the tears, who knew that the fabric he was holding in his hand was a familiar green color, and he couldn't help but become more angry, his mouth flattened and whimpered. Cried, turned around and walked aimlessly by the lake.

This place was restricted by Dugu Jiu, and the child couldn't go out without the man's permission.

Mo Jiaojiao cried helplessly as he walked, still calling out to someone in a stuttering voice:

"Jiujiu came out... woo woo Jiao Jiao won't skip class..."

While talking, the child became angry again:

"Jiujiu is a villain! He bullies Jiaojiao every day...and even puts Jiaojiao in green clothes...Guan Jiaojiao...here...wow big villain!"

Mo Jiaojiao stopped and squatted down, staring blankly at the deep lake not far away.

Just as he was tired from crying, the child's fleshy face was suddenly poked lightly by something.

Mo Jiaojiao jumped up in shock, took a few steps back holding the jade pendant, looked over with tears in her eyes, but saw Bie Hejian standing aside with a porcelain vase.

"Little ancestor, don't cry." Bie Hejian leaned over and handed out the bottle, "Look, the toy Chongrong Jianzun gave you. Open it and have a look."

Mo Jiaojiao wiped away his tears casually, and when he heard that Dugu Jiu gave it, he almost rushed to hug the bottle into his arms.

The workmanship of the porcelain vase is exquisite, and there are a few kittens painted on the body of the vase.Through the transparent bottle body, faint blue light shines out from the bottle.

Mo Jiaojiao opened his eyes in surprise, and put his big round eyes close to him in a foolish way, staring at the blue light spots flying in the bottle, with a surprised expression on his face, and even touched his left and right with his two little hands happily, as if I forgot about the fact that I was still crying just now.

Seeing that he liked it, Bie Hejian explained: "This is called the Forest of Fireflies, but they are not born in the forest, but a kind of ice-burning beast that lives in the cracks of the extreme northern glaciers, and will come out of the snow at night. , illuminate the entire snow-capped mountains, and guide the people trapped in the extreme north, so mortals also call them the lights of life."

"Blue light, it's beautiful." Mo Jiaojiao choked for a moment, looked at the porcelain bottle intently, and shook it gently while holding the bottle childishly, his dark eyes were so clear that there seemed to be twinkling stars.

He carefully carried the bottle into his arms and stuck it to his chest, then looked around with his red and swollen eyes, and asked in a very low voice: "Where is Jiujiu? Is this lamp made by Jiujiu?"

Seeing that he stopped crying, Bie Hejian felt relieved, and said: "Tianyan Sword Sect originally didn't have such a spirit beast, but last time Sword Master Chongrong went to the extreme north to find the demon pill for you, and happened to catch it. A few came back. Tianyahai Pavilion is full of snow all year round, which is just suitable for the breeding of ice-burning beasts, and now their number is several times that of the original. You can release them to have a look."

Mo Jiaojiao glanced at the porcelain bottle, shook his head, "Ninety-nine caught it, I can't put it away."

"They've been restricted and won't run away." Bie He reassured.

"No." Mo Jiaojiao still refused, "I want to find Jiujiu, so I won't look at the lights."

Bie He helplessly murmured a few words to Tun Chujian beside him, then deliberately raised his voice, and snorted coldly: "Little ancestor, do you know what mistake you made?"

"..." Mo Jiaojiao lowered his head in shame, and said honestly: "Jiaojiao ran around and skipped classes, disobedient. Guzhu said, you have to go to class every day, and you can't leave early."

Hearing this, Bie Hejian bumped into Tun Chujian in surprise, and said, "Isn't this quite sensible? He knows everything he should know."

Tun Chujian waved the hilt silently, signaling Bie He to continue asking.

"Ahem..." Bie Hejian had no choice but to clear his throat, and asked again: "Then do you know why Chongrong Jianzun is angry with you?"

"I know..." The child pulled his sleeves sadly to wipe off the tears that rolled down again, and said with a choked voice, "Jiao Jiao skipped class, if he went the wrong way, he would get lost, and if he got lost, he would be worried. Elder Cannibal Flower said, If Jiao Jiao is lost, they will die in a hurry.”

The child looked up anxiously at the hazy mist in the distance, holding the porcelain bottle with his head drooping, "Jiao Jiao has grown up, and I know Jiujiu is not angry with me for being playful and not studying, but because of my recklessness. But I want to go home and eat Candied haws..."

Seeing that the child still refused to change his words, Bie Hejian insisted on asking for candied haws, and couldn't help but start to wonder if he had guessed wrong.It quietly asked Tun Chujian, "Why is he unwilling to tell the truth?"

Tun Chujian didn't answer, but turned around and slammed Biehejian far away, and then he flew away.

Bie Hejian was caught off guard and hurt, and was about to teach his brother a lesson, when he saw a familiar tall and straight figure standing beside Mo Jiaojiao at some point, he quickly closed his mouth and ran after Tun Chujian.

After Mo Jiaojiao finished speaking ignorantly, he saw that the person he had been looking for was already standing beside him.He first raised his head and stared at the man in a daze, then finally came to his senses, cried with a bang, rushed towards the man recklessly for a while, stretched his small arms and tried to grab the black belt, and hung his whole body on Dugu With nine waists, he didn't even care about the porcelain bottle falling on the grass.

The man lowered his head and stared at the child's jet-black hair, raised his hand to rest on the child's back, and patted it lightly.

After a while, realizing that the child's crying had subsided, Dugu Jiufang stretched out his hand and pulled Mo Jiaojiao away, knelt down on one knee and pulled the child onto his lap, wrapped his big hands around the little person, and looked down at Mo Jiaojiao.

Mo Jiaojiao stretched out his hand to grab the jade pendant around the man's waist, moved a little closer, and sat in the man's arms again, sobbing, his face was flushed, and he looked very pitiful.

Dugu Jiu raised his hand and pinched the child's fleshy face. The force was not too heavy but there was a certain degree of pain. Then he touched a clean handkerchief, which was Mo Jiaojiao's usual style, and gently wiped the child's face .

After wiping, seeing that Mo Jiaojiao was still crying, he was silent for a moment, and said: "Cry again, pick up and beat."

Mo Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, and leaned over to rub the man's slightly cool handsome face with her small face, and said angrily, "Jiujiu bullied me!"

Dugu Jiu frowned slightly, and was about to speak, when she saw the child flatten his mouth, sobbed again, and said pitifully, "Jiu Jiu don't leave..."

The words full of lessons fell silent in an instant, the man paused, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Don't run around anymore in the future. Jiaojiao is young, if you get lost and are in danger, how will you protect yourself?"

The man's deep words carried hidden coercion, but it was a sign of a storm that was about to come.

"If Yun Qianye hadn't stopped you today, would you still want to sneak back by yourself? Tianyahaige is far away from Xixin Valley, and it takes a day's walk to walk. Mo Jiaojiao, even if you want to go home, your first reaction should be Seek help from the elders instead of being lonely and brave. Have you forgotten what I taught you on weekdays?"

"I'm sorry..." The child buried his head and secretly wiped his tears, raised his arms around the man's neck, and leaned over to dawdle, "Jiujiu, don't be so anxious, I know I was wrong..."

Dugu Jiu looked cold, looked at the child's blushing face quietly, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you tell Shen Siyuan that you wanted candied haws? What are you afraid of?"

Mo Jiaojiao hesitated for a moment, tightened his arms, and said Nuo Nuo: "Jiao Jiao wants a gourd..." Mingming said so, but his thin back was trembling all the time.

Dugu Jiu pondered for a moment, raised his hand to touch the child's soft black hair, then pulled down one of the child's hands, and stuffed a small shell into the chubby palm.

Mo Jiaojiao turned his head to look at the light blue shell in his hand, tightened his fingers and squeezed it carefully for a closer look, and asked doubtfully, "Why did you give Jiaojiao the shell?"

Dugu Jiu's eyes did not change, and he patiently explained: "This thing is called Tingfengbei, and it is produced on a small island in the center of the South China Sea. If you want to see me, you can call this shell by my name. This formula cannot be effective for others."

"Really?" Mo Jiaojiao happily took the shell closer and checked it over and over again, "Will you appear when Jiaojiao calls you?"

"En." Dugu Jiu nodded lightly, then took the Tingfeng shell, straightened the long black silk ribbon tied on the shell, and put the Tingfeng shell on Mo Jiaojiao's neck.

"Tingfengbei comes from the South China Sea, so it recorded all kinds of sounds in the South China Sea. It can be heard every day at dawn. The most common sound is the ebb and flow of the tide, and occasionally there are seagulls. In addition, if Jiaojiao Stick this thing to your ear at night, and you can hear the singing of the South China Sea Kraken."

Mo Jiaojiao listened carefully, and heard that he held the shell to his ear, and he really heard a mysterious ballad from far to near.

The child held the small shell and listened for a long time. Fang reluctantly took it away. He let go of the shell, blinked his eyes sadly, and said softly: "Why did Jiujiu burn this thing? Does Jiujiu know?" gone?"

Dugujiu frowned and said nothing, only slowly lowered her head and approached the child, using Mo Jiaojiao's favorite posture, touching the child's forehead.

The quiet and deep narrow eyes meet the childish bright round eyes.

As soon as Mo Jiaojiao shed tears, they were wiped away by the man's cool fingers.He was almost fascinated by looking at the small self in the other person's eyes, the curly-haired self, and the foolish self with red eyes.All by myself.Finally, he spoke his mind slowly.

"Jiao Jiao didn't do it on purpose... I wanted Jiujiu and wanted to go home, but Jiujiu would be sad when I got home, so Jiaojiao said that she wanted candied haws, so Jiujiu wouldn't be sad."

He knew that if he ran home because he missed the man, Dugu Jiu would definitely not have the heart to blame him, but his sadness would also make the other party sad.So, the stupid kid came up with a stupid way, as long as he behaved more unreasonably than anyone else, then the other party would only be angry, not sad.

He also knows that he should control his endless thoughts, and should be sensible and not disturb at all, but no matter how sensible he is, he can't destroy the child's nature, the inherent instinct to long for warmth.

What Mo Jiaojiao wanted was never candied haws, but just the company of Dugu Jiu.